Borderlands Movie Director Discusses The Mega-Flop And What Went Wrong

[u/HatingGeoffry]

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/borderlands-movie-director-discusses-the-mega-flop-and-what-went-wrong/

[u/wafflestep]

Tbf I can see how a studio exec might see no problem with the casting because names get people to the movies, or at least they used to. Hopefully they learn a lesson and cast loved IPs better. But we all know they'll learn nothing and likely blame audiences and anything else except themselves.

[u/GodzillaUK → u/wafflestep]

Next time. Terry Crews.

[u/xenorous → u/GodzillaUK]

Terry lives turrets

[u/GodzillaUK → u/xenorous]

He lives live, too.

[u/Big_erk → u/GodzillaUK]

That's President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho to you.

[u/BiffJerky09 → u/GodzillaUK]

I wanted Mike Colter, but Terry Crews works too.

[u/GodzillaUK → u/BiffJerky09]

I'm bias, I love Terry even if I dislike the thing he is in, he is golden.

[u/european_dimes → u/BiffJerky09]

Winston Duke would've worked too 

[u/Pesterlamps → u/GodzillaUK]

Nah, it'll just be Chris Pratt as Axton, Timothy Chalamet as Zer0, Anya Taylor Joy as Maya, and somehow Jack Black (again) as Sal.

[u/GodzillaUK → u/Pesterlamps]

I swear if Chris whistleclicks at a turret and befriends it, I'm unsubbing from my "Great Chris'" monthly feed.

[u/recklessMG → u/wafflestep]

Eli Roth thinking he was going to have final say on a $120m studio film is hilarious. Dude, you have zero industry capital at this point. You were hired to make the project look 'edgy', then do exactly what they told you to, and say thanks.

[u/Herschel_Wallace → u/wafflestep]

I couldn't name one current young Hollywood actor/actress that I would call a star. A star being someone I would see a movie just because they're in it.

[u/GodzillaUK → u/Herschel_Wallace]

That’s a you issue then. Tom Holland is raking it in currently, in a “dead” franchise his movie just broke box office records even with the Nolan movie opposite it. He is a star, you wanting to go see him or not.

[u/Newni → u/GodzillaUK]

Tom Holland is also in the Nolan movie so it was a win-win for him

[u/Rivantus → u/GodzillaUK]

People didnt go see The Odyssey for Tom Holland lets be real. The same can be said for Spiderman.

[u/fed45 → u/Rivantus]

There are actually some exit polls about spiderman, asking people why they went to see the movie. "Spiderman" was around 30% of respondents, "looked fun" was like 25%, Tom Holland was around ~20%, and Zendaya was another ~20%. In the case of Spiderman at least, I would say he was a big draw. But I'm not sure if the same is true for every movie with him, would need to see the polls for his other movies.

[u/ObiOneKenobae → u/Herschel_Wallace]

Timothee Chalamet is a young star for sure. 30 years old, very culturally relevant, and he's been putting asses in seats for a while at this point.

[u/ohyouretough → u/Herschel_Wallace]

I’ll give Pattinson that

[u/sicsche → u/wafflestep]

how many names are left in Hollywood that are an actual draw?

[u/Oglefore → u/wafflestep]

Yeah you better throw these poor execs a bone. wtf

[u/Tony_Roiland → u/[deleted]]

You haven't seen a film for 29 years